My Possession Became a Ghost Story - Chapter 136

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Especially the maids who were scheduled to serve Evangeline welcomed Kanna the most. After seeing how that gentle Hazel was dismissed in just one day, word had spread about how formidable Evangeline’s temperament was. They had been anxiously worried about possibly offending the young lady while serving her and falling out of favor, when a dedicated maid came to help them.

With Kanna’s arrival, peace came to the servants of the Hosaquin Ducal House.

Moreover, thanks to Kanna, various false rumors circulating about Evangeline also disappeared. The most prominent one was that Evangeline Rohanson didn’t eat.

The people at the Duke’s estate had whispered that except for the tea time on her first visit, Evangeline hadn’t drunk even a sip of water at the ducal house, or that they had never seen her eat food, treating Evangeline as less than human.

Hearing this, Kanna burst into laughter and explained.

“Miss has a small appetite and prefers snacks more. Before I came to the Duke’s estate, I prepared an armful of snacks for her, so she’s been eating those alone in her room and avoiding meals. But she shouldn’t skip meals, so from now on I’ll coax Miss to eat properly.”

After that incident, whenever Evangeline did something beyond common sense, the people of the ducal house would seek out Kanna.

“I heard Evangeline wanders around the mansion at night… Is it sleepwalking, or like the Madam, is she a ghost…?”

“A ghost? Goodness, Miss simply enjoys evening strolls. Look, Miss has very fair skin. Many noble young ladies are particular about going out during the day for fear of their skin getting tanned by the sun.”

“True, her skin was fair.”

It had been over 20 years since Amaranth left the mansion. The people of the ducal house, who had never served a young noble lady during that time, were completely taken in by Kanna’s eloquence.

“Actually, I was very ill, but Miss healed me completely with holy water. After that, I respected Miss so much that I went to Rohanson Mansion wanting to work there, and she made me her dedicated maid and cherished me.”

Everything that came out of Kanna’s mouth was enough to completely change people’s perception of Evangeline.

“If Miss weren’t a kind person, why would I have come all the way to the Duke’s estate myself?”

Having a track record of melting the hearts of the Rohanson Mansion’s household, who had fear of Evangeline carved into their bones, it was very easy for Kanna to win over the people of the Hosaquin Duke’s estate whom she had barely met.

When the ducal house people’s wariness had lessened, Kanna let slip how Evangeline planned to use the holy water she had procured.

“Holy water? Evangeline is going to distribute holy water?”

“Shh, I overheard it secretly. You know how rats have been running around the Duke’s estate lately. Miss was worried that the rats might have spread disease, so she procured holy water.”

“If it’s procuring holy water, that must be Count Gabriel! That noble knight has fallen head over heels for the young lady, hasn’t he.”

“Ah…”

Of course, when Gabriel’s name unexpectedly came up, even Kanna hesitated for a moment. Quickly erasing her uncomfortable expression, Kanna nodded.

“Count Gabriel does like Miss very much.”

And she added quietly.

“But Miss likes me more.”

It was Kanna’s small territorial claim based on fact.

Thanks to Kanna’s efforts, the ducal house people’s perception of Evangeline changed completely from before.

After all, wasn’t Evangeline staying at the ducal house all for the Duke’s wife? Even favorable words spread throughout the ducal house that Duke Hosaquin, who hadn’t even treated Evangeline as a granddaughter, had been won over by Evangeline’s filial devotion and now conversed with her daily.

“Haven’t rats been running around lately? Evangeline is looking out for even lowly people like us. She’s truly a wonderful person.”

“I feel truly guilty for misunderstanding based on rumors alone. If Evangeline were truly a wicked witch as rumored, the Temple people would have captured her long ago.”

“Would Count Gabriel have fallen for Evangeline in the first place if that were true? Even I think Evangeline looks like an angel, an angel.”

People who fell for Kanna’s whispers were able to rationalize even the phenomenon of their hearts constricting fearfully when they saw Evangeline Rohanson, telling themselves it was because they respected the young lady. It also helped that they weren’t directly involved in high society and didn’t frequently encounter Evangeline’s terrible rumors.

Of course, what touched people’s hearts the most was the news that she would distribute holy water to all the household members. Before long, Evangeline really did distribute holy water to people as rumored. However, instead of giving it out in front of everyone, she ordered them to come into her room one by one, drink it, and leave.

Though it was puzzling, people who were already smitten with Evangeline assumed there must be some grand purpose behind it.

Some grumbled that she might just be giving them plain water and calling it holy water, deliberately injuring themselves to test it, but they shut their mouths when they saw their wounds heal completely.

Strangely, after the day she distributed holy water, some people whose whereabouts became unknown and who suddenly disappeared appeared, but Rico the butler explained that those people had run away with the holy water.

There were even some who were fired for trying to secretly resell the holy water instead of drinking it.

“They were fired for betraying Evangeline’s grace.”

“That’s why she told them to come to her room to drink it, isn’t it?”

Of course, the Duke’s estate servants didn’t bother looking for the missing people.

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Is Kanna a cheat key?

I could only say that she’s truly the female protagonist of the novel.

It had been three days since Kanna became my dedicated maid and started staying at the ducal house. In those short three days, the ducal house people had completely fallen for Kanna. It seemed like they would believe her even if she pointed to the sun and called it the moon. I wondered if everyone except me had been trapped in a room of time and space, given how close they had become at a completely unreasonable speed.

I had thought this before, but surely Kanna was destined to become the adopted daughter of the Hosaquin Ducal House, overtaking me, the villainess? My deduction wasn’t wrong. As a character in the novel, she must have special genes flowing through her that made everyone view Kanna favorably.

The way the ducal house people looked at me had completely changed too. Previously, they thought of me as either a plunderer who came to steal the Duke’s inheritance or a wicked villainess as rumored, but now they thought of me as the kind and gentle Kanna’s mistress. Though I had become Kanna’s accessory, my reputation had actually improved.

The servant who was frightened of me on the first day even asked Rico to convey his apologies for misunderstanding. I have no idea how Kanna talked about me. I was even scared when I heard people praising me as angel-like. Can things really change this drastically?

“Kanna, what exactly did you say about me that people are reacting like that?”

“I cleared up some misunderstandings and just talked about what you’ve done for me. How you saved me, fed me, and took care of me.”

Ah. So they learned that someone they thought was only wicked was actually doing good deeds behind the scenes. That’s how people are. When a good person commits a sin just once after doing good deeds, they curse them as the worst scoundrel, saying their true nature has been revealed.

Conversely, when a very wicked person turns out to have given an umbrella to a cat on a rainy day, they go completely crazy for them. I guess this is the same principle.

“Was I helpful to you, Miss?”

“Of course.”

“I’m so happy that people recognize your brilliance! At first, I wondered if their eyes were properly attached.”

Our girl seems to have developed a sharp tongue – she must have been influenced by the foul-mouthed Jelly. Shouldn’t I demand compensation from Jelly?

Not noticing my worried gaze, Kanna clasped her hands together with a bright smile. She looked exactly like she was praying to me.

“I hope the day comes when everyone realizes your true nature and worships you. You are the beacon of this world, so they should follow only you without hesitation.”

…Did our girl switch careers to become a cult member? Her liking for me seems to have crossed the line – this level could be called idol worship without argument. Even if Bishop Marik called it heresy, I’d have no excuse. I can see how Kanna sweet-talked people. Right, cult members are good at sales.

I’ve turned the female protagonist into this state… Still, I felt relieved thinking that the female protagonist wouldn’t try to kill me. Kanna, sorry for being selfish! Hena, sorry for turning your sister into this state! Gabriel, sorry in a similar vein!

After a brief moment of repentance, I left the room. It was time for my chat with the Duke.

Wondering if the Duke would like Kanna too, I decided to bring Kanna along to my meeting time with the Duke. It was also because the Duke had become quite docile after our big argument last time.

“So you’re the maid you brought from that Rohanson fellow’s mansion.”

“Her name is Kanna.”

Kanna bowed her head in greeting with an innocent face.

“Aren’t you sending that child out?”

Usually I dismissed people around us when we talked because topics that others shouldn’t know about might come up, but I didn’t tell Kanna to leave. The Duke looked at Kanna with subtle eyes.

“She’s a child I trust.”

“You do?”

“I cherish her the most.”

It was major lip service. I could see Kanna was dying of happiness.

“Yes. Miss cherishes me greatly. I’m a very special existence to Miss.”

Kanna answered full of pride.

Of course, my affection was shallow and I was skilled at social maneuvering, so in front of Gabriel, Gabriel was the best, and in front of Pudding, Pudding was number one. But Gabriel went to work and Pudding was taking care of Mabuka, so here and now, Kanna was the best.

“Do you know about Evangeline?”

The Duke asked Kanna with a sour expression. He seemed to be referring to my rumors.

“I know everything Miss has shown me.”

“…How curious that you stay by her side even knowing.”

The Duke looked at Kanna with admiration as if she were truly amazing. His tone suggested he acknowledged Kanna. As expected of the female protagonist. I had to clean up rat corpses to earn the Duke’s recognition, but she just bought his favor with a few words.

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